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Tom11 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Directed
Directed by Alex Timbers, who is leading workshops on the recently reported Jeff Buckley musical The Last Goodbye, Rocky has a score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and a book by Thomas Meehan.
Could someone tell me which tenses are used and why?
x) Directed
x) is leading
x) has
My suggestions are:
Directed - Past Participle?
is leading- Present Progressive (because it's a permanent situation)
has- Present simple (because it's a general statement)
Could someone tell me which tenses are used and why?
x) Directed
x) is leading
x) has
My suggestions are:
Directed - Past Participle?
is leading- Present Progressive (because it's a permanent situation)
has- Present simple (because it's a general statement)
Top answer
Directed - Past Participle? - - Yes. is leading- Present Progressive -- Yes.
- Directed - Past Participle?
- - - Yes.
- is leading- Present Progressive -- Yes.
- (because it's a permanent situation) -- No.
- Because it is a current situation; it is the opposite of permanent.
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Directed - Past Participle? -- Yes.
is leading- Present Progressive -- Yes.
(because it's a permanent situation) -- No. Because it is a current situation; it is the opposite of permanent.
has- Present simple -- Yes.
(because it's a general statement) -- No, because 'have' meaning possession does not take a continuous form for a current situ
is leading- Present Progressive -- Yes.
(because it's a permanent situation) -- No. Because it is a current situation; it is the opposite of permanent.
has- Present simple -- Yes.
(because it's a general statement) -- No, because 'have' meaning possession does not take a continuous form for a current situ
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I agree with your suggestions.
Note that "past participle" is not a tense. "Directed by Alex Timbers" is a participial phrase, having no tense.
Edit. Sorry, guys, I missed the explanations!
Note that "past participle" is not a tense. "Directed by Alex Timbers" is a participial phrase, having no tense.
Edit. Sorry, guys, I missed the explanations!
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Thank you! Your answer really helps me
But why do we use eg. Directed? it's a kind of "lead in" in the past?
But why do we use eg. Directed? it's a kind of "lead in" in the past?
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The phrase "directed by X" is adjectival, modifying "Rocky." Yes, the past participal describes an action which occurred in the past.
But a present participle could just as well describe a past action:
Directing Rocky, Alex Timbers had to face many challenges.
But a present participle could just as well describe a past action:
Directing Rocky, Alex Timbers had to face many challenges.
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Alright, thx.
My last question: Why do we use: has a score .... it's because it doesn't occur right now? because it's a general possession statement?
My last question: Why do we use: has a score .... it's because it doesn't occur right now? because it's a general possession statement?
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tom11Directed is Past Tense?In your example, "directed" has no tense.
It functions more as an adjective than as a verb.
Stuck in the mud, the car will not move. "Stuck" is a past participle, describing a present situation.
We sometimes say that the "time" of the participial phrase is that of the main (finite) verb.
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tom11 Why do we use: has a score .... it's because it doesn't occur right now? because it's a general possession statement?As long as the film "Rocky" exists, it will have this score. The movie Rocky has a score by X.
The Empire State Building has 108 stories.
Yes, I suppose you could call it a "general possession statement."
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